Chasing Icebergs in Iceberg Alley

Posted on by August 3, 2023

Every year, in “Iceberg Alley“, a stretch of water curving along the eastern coast of Newfoundland and Labrador, hundreds of icebergs drift by.

Recently, one such iceberg was caught on video and posted on X (ex-Twitter) where it quickly went viral, with almost 12 million views.

There were enough viewers who doubted whether the video was real to justify a reality check by the fact-checking site Snopes, which concluded that the video was indeed genuine, although the video had been originally posted on TikTok on July 13 near Conche, Newfoundland.

While the berg captured in the video was massive, it was not unusual. Between 400 to 800 icebergs drift through Iceberg Alley every year.  The icebergs threaten shipping lanes as well as attracting tourists drawn to the majesty of the massive floating ice mountains.

In 1912, the Titanic sank after colliding with an iceberg that drifted from Iceberg Alley.

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Chasing Icebergs in Iceberg Alley — 2 Comments

  1. I never thought about it before seeing the video but do icebergs ever ground themselves against the coast ? Of course most of the ice is below the surface so how close can it get.